Homemade Banana Pudding Pie

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with nonstick spray.

Place 45 of your vanilla wafers into a food processor and pulse until cookies are finely crushed (reserve ¼ cup of the crumbs to use to top your pie). Mix remaining crumbs with melted butter. Firmly press into the pie plate. Bake for 10-12 minutes and then remove to cool.

Now to make the pudding. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, flour, and salt. Whisk in the milk and stir constantly until the mixture comes to a low boil and becomes thick (about 7-10 minutes). Reduce the heat to very low. In the bowl that you have your egg yolks in, add a couple of tablespoons of the hot milk mixture (this will keep your eggs from cooking). Add egg mixture to pot and stir constantly until mixture is thickened to the consistency of pudding (about 3-4 minutes). You may need to turn your heat up slightly to achieve this. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Now you’re ready to assemble. Arrange half the banana slices over the crust. Spread half of the pudding mixture over the bananas. Top the pudding with the remaining 20 vanilla wafers you set aside. Top the wafers with the rest of the bananas, then finish it off with the remaining the pudding. Place in the fridge to cool completely.

For the whipped cream, using the whisk attachment on your stand mixer (or hand mixer), beat the heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla together until soft peaks form. It helps if your bowl and your whisk are VERY cold. Spread the whipped cream over pie and sprinkle with the reserved crumbs. Pie only keeps for about a day in the fridge (bananas will start to brown).

Enjoy!

Recipe courtesy of: MyTastyTreasures